Urfa weather in April

In April, Urfa sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 53 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Urfa's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Urfa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 hours; 4:56 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Urfa is city in Turkey.

Air quality: High; PM10 84.4 µg/m³ · 2010
Density: 123/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~303 BCE

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical April day in Urfa reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 6°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	8
2	18	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	12
29	24	12
30	24	12

How April really feels in Urfa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Urfa weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 1°	85	10.8	1.7	9.7	1.7
Feb	11° / 2°	73	10.2	1.4	10.6	2.5
Mar	15° / 6°	65	9.9	0.2	11.7	4.8
Apr	21° / 10°	53	9.1	0	12.9	6.8
May	28° / 15°	37	6.8	0	14	6.7
Jun	34° / 21°	6	1.5	0	14.5	3.7
Jul	38° / 25°	1	0.3	0	14.3	1.2
Aug	38° / 24°	1	0.4	0	13.4	1.4
Sep	33° / 20°	6	1.2	0	12.3	4.7
Oct	26° / 14°	41	5.6	0	11	7.5
Nov	17° / 7°	55	7.1	0.2	10	5.8
Dec	10° / 3°	79	10.2	0.8	9.5	2.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 39%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	58	59	59	61	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	64	65	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	42	41	41	39	39	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	36	35	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Urfa gets around 53 mm of rain over 9.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	30
11	30
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of April to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 4:38 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 6:06 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:14	5:13	5:11	5:10	5:08	5:07	5:05	5:04	5:02	5:01	4:59	4:58	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:40	4:39	4:38
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:19	5:40
2	12.4	5:17	5:41
3	12.4	5:16	5:42
4	12.5	5:14	5:43
5	12.5	5:13	5:44
6	12.6	5:11	5:45
7	12.6	5:10	5:46
8	12.6	5:08	5:46
9	12.7	5:07	5:47
10	12.7	5:05	5:48
11	12.8	5:04	5:49
12	12.8	5:02	5:50
13	12.8	5:01	5:51
14	12.9	4:59	5:52
15	12.9	4:58	5:53
16	13.0	4:56	5:54
17	13.0	4:55	5:55
18	13.0	4:54	5:55
19	13.1	4:52	5:56
20	13.1	4:51	5:57
21	13.1	4:50	5:58
22	13.2	4:48	5:59
23	13.2	4:47	6:00
24	13.3	4:46	6:01
25	13.3	4:44	6:02
26	13.3	4:43	6:03
27	13.4	4:42	6:04
28	13.4	4:40	6:05
29	13.4	4:39	6:05
30	13.5	4:38	6:06

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.1 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Intense
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Urfa?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Urfa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Urfa in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Urfa sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Urfa in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Urfa peaks around June 21 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	8	10	10	10	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Urfa in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Urfa is worst in March — around 25 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	22	25	24	25	22	17	18	20	22	20	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	25	Moderate
Apr	24	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Urfa?

Urfa sits at 37.2°N, 38.8°E, 528 m above sea level, in Turkey. The nearest listed city is Bozova, 32 km away.

Topography around Urfa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Urfa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Urfa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m around an average of 546 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 542 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 763 m.

The land around Urfa is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and cropland (42%) within 16 km, and cropland (65%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

210 m

artificial surfaces 68%

16 km

542 m

grassland 42%

80 km

763 m

cropland 65%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← March Urfa year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Bozova 32 km · Suruç 39 km · Hilvan 49 km · ‘Ayn al ‘Arab 50 km · Akçakale 53 km · Kahta 70 km · Birecik 74 km · Jarābulus 80 km

Turkey travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $18,599; 2025
Happiness: 5.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 3.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 6.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 488
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Urfa (37.1671°, 38.7939°, elevation 528 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	8
2	18	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	12
29	24	12
30	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	30
11	30
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	8
2	18	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	12
29	24	12
30	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	30
11	30
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	8
2	18	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	9
6	19	9
7	20	9
8	20	9
9	20	9
10	20	9
11	20	9
12	21	10
13	21	10
14	21	10
15	21	10
16	21	10
17	21	10
18	22	10
19	22	10
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	12
29	24	12
30	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	54	46
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	56	44
8	58	42
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	64	36
22	64	36
23	64	36
24	65	35
25	65	35
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	65	35
30	65	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	32
7	32
8	31
9	30
10	30
11	30
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	30
19	30
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	29
24	29
25	29
26	29
27	29
28	29
29	28
30	28

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	97	3
30	97	3